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 PUBLIC LAWS-H. 267-JULY 1, 1941 Transfer of funds. Ante, p. 414. Provifo. Loans and pur- chase of property. 49 Stat. 1364, 1365. Increase of RFC obligations. Post, pp. 760, 832. Limitation. ary of the Administrator, Rural Electrification Administration, and other personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; purchase and exchange of books, lawbooks, books of reference, direc- tories, and periodicals; not to exceed $300 for newspapers; financial and credit reports, $3,962,375, of which $38,950 shall be transferred to and made a part of the appropriation, "Salaries and expenses, Bureau of Agricultural Economics": Provided, That the Secretary of Agriculture may make allotments from this appropriation, subject to the approval of the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, to the offices and divisions of the Office of the Secretary for the performance of departmental services for the Rural Electrification Administration. Loans: For loans in accordance with sections 3, 4, and 5, and the purchase of property in accordance with section 7 of the Rural Elec- trification Act of May 20, 1936, as amended (7 U. S . C. 901-914), $100,000,000, which sum shall be borrowed from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation in accordance with the provisions of section 3 (a) of said Act and shall be considered as made available thereunder; and the Reconstruction Finance Corporation is hereby authorized and directed to lend such sum in addition to the amounts heretofore authorized under said section 3 (a) and without regard to the limita- tion in respect of time contained in section 3 (e) of said Act; and the amount of notes, bonds, debentures, and other such obligations which the Reconstruction Finance Corporation is authorized and empowered to issue and to have outstanding at any one time under existing law is hereby increased by an amount sufficient to carry out the provisions hereof. Total, Rural Electrification Administration, $3,962,375. BELTSVILLE RESEARCH CENTER For general administrative purposes, including maintenance, opera- tion, construction of necessary buildings at a cost of not to exceed $7,500 for any one building, repairs, and other expenses, $86,620; which appropriation may be augmented, by transfer of funds or by reimbursement, from applicable appropriations, to cover the charges, including handling and other related services, for equipment rentals (including depreciation, maintenance, and repairs); for services, supplies, equipment and materials furnished, stores of which may be maintained at the Center, and for building construction, altera- tion, and repair performed by the Center in carrying out the purposes of such applicable appropriations and the applicable appropriations may also be charged their proportionate share of the necessary gen- eral expenses of the Center not covered by this appropriation. INTERCHANGE OF APPROPRIATIONS Not to exceed 5 per centum of the foregoing amounts for the mis- cellaneous expenses of the work of any bureau, division, or office herein provided for shall be available interchangeably for expendi- tures on the objects included within the general expenses of such bureau, division, or office, but no more than 5 per centum shall be added to any one item of appropriation except in cases of extraor- dinary emergency. WORK FOR OTHER DEPARTMENTS thDuri the fiscal year for which appropriations are herein made the of any department or independent establishment of the Government requiring inspections, analyses, and tests of food and other products, within the scope of the functions of the Department 442 [55 STAT.

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